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SUBMITTER: Schulp CJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4206275 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schulp Catharina J E CJ Burkhard Benjamin B Maes Joachim J Van Vliet Jasper J Verburg Peter H PH
PloS one 20141022 10
Safeguarding the benefits that ecosystems provide to society is increasingly included as a target in international policies. To support such policies, ecosystem service maps are made. However, there is little attention for the accuracy of these maps. We made a systematic review and quantitative comparison of ecosystem service maps on the European scale to generate insights in the uncertainty of ecosystem service maps and discuss the possibilities for quantitative validation. Maps of climate regu ...[more]